Thanks to Madman Entertainment WBN is giving away five copies of Balibo on DVD. Balibo was based on the book by Jill Jolliffe, published by... Read more
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WBN will bring you the results of this year’s pre-Christmas survey in a special bulletin on Friday. Booksellers, if your store has not yet participated... Read more
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In addition to last week’s Christmas closing list the following organisations have advised us of their closing dates: Nielsen BookScanLast day: 23/12/09First day: 04/01/10All data... Read more
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Collins Booksellers has announced it is rolling out a new store design. A new Collins Booksellers store which opened in Berwick, Victoria, in October, was... Read more
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Baker & Taylor has announced its acquisition of Australia-based library supplier James Bennett. The acquisition is part of a larger deal with James Bennett’s parent... Read more
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Windy Hollow Books has announced the creation of a new picture book imprint to be produced by Helen Chamberlin and Tina Denham. Chamberlin, the recipient... Read more
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Andrew Easton has announced he will leave the Scribo Group at the end of 2009. Easton has spent 10 years at Bookwise which became part... Read more
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Pam McIntyre, lecturer in language and literacy at the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education, was presented with the 2009 Dromkeen Librarians Award at... Read more
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Harlequin Enterprises has announced that its distribution will move from TL Distribution to Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) from March next year. ‘From 1 March... Read more
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The finalists in this year’s Aurealis Awards for science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing have been announced. Wonders of a Godless World (Andrew McGahan, A&U) and... Read more
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Magabala Books is among 10 ‘outstanding Indigenous arts and cultural organisations’ that will receive substantial long-term funding under the National Indigenous Arts Infrastructure Program. Magabala... Read more
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Aduki Press has been acquired by Chris Chinchilla. Chinchilla, who has a background a a musician, writer, and ‘tech-geek’, said the opportunity to buy the... Read more
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Martin to write ebook based on reader votesAustralian crime author P D Martin has announced she will write an ebook ‘with one key difference–each week... Read more
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Among the many international booktrade stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week: worst books of the decade? Amazon denies plans... Read more
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In rights news this week: SalesFiction–Random House Australia has sold The Cleaner and Cemetery Lake (Paul Cleave) to Turkey. Nonfiction–Random House Australia has sold Grown... Read more
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Authors on tour from December to March 2010: December Matthew Reilly, Macmillan (The Five Greatest Warriors) Ray Martin, Random House (Ray: Stories of My Life)... Read more
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‘Books definitely held their own as a Christmas gift item’–Okay, so it’s not actually a quote from this week but WBN is hoping this comment... Read more
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It’s the last WBN of the year–who comes out on top of the Bestsellers chart? None other than that perennial bestseller Bryce Courtenay with The Story... Read more
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The festive fever has finally hit the book media–reviewers and readers put their Christmas book choices forward in a national effort to inspire book lovers... Read more
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Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Closing date of the Favourite Australian Novel (FAN) poll, 15... Read more
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New Zealand poet and short story writer Bub Bridger has died, aged 85. Her works included Up Here On The Hill and Wild Daisies: The... Read more
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